4771 sanity check

[mrsimian]

Hi guys.

Just wondering if someone might be able to do a quick sanity check for me since I have been out of the loop for a while on CPUs and the like. After finally sorting out a replacement motherboard my new system is up and running. everything seems good and stable, but I was just wondering if someone could do a quick look at the display here and see if anything is obviously amiss. The only thing I have noticed is that the chip gets real hot in games (can get up to low 70s) but I understand this is pretty normal for Haswell and nothing to worry about. I am not interested in overclocking at all and would like to run at factory settings, which is why i was wondering if the ASUS AI suite was changing things. Should the cores not be running at a lower speed when not in use?

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[Panos]

I didn't had an Intel since 2010, however I believe there is a "cool & quiet" setting in the bios?

 

[Smoogels]

The CPU downclocks to save power when the performance is not needed. If you loaded up a game or something that needs performance then the CPU will clock up You can enable/disable it in the BIOs and I think it's called something like "speedstep". If thats enabled you could check the power plans on your Windows as if its in high performance mode the CPU wont clock down.

 

[mrsimian]

Thanks for the replies guys.

Do the above settings look okay though?

 

[BurntProc]

Looks fine, although it does seem hot. If you're on the stock heatsink maybe stick in a cheap £20-30 heatsink to increase longevity.

 

[mrsimian]

Looks fine, although it does seem hot. If you're on the stock heatsink maybe stick in a cheap £20-30 heatsink to increase longevity.

Think you are right. I know this is probably the wrong forum, but is a Corsair Hydro H80 likely to see big changes in temperatures from a stock cooler (or even a £30 air cooler)?